Nicaragua
Civil Code of the Republic of Nicaragua
| Year of current version: | 1995 |
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| Date of entry into force of original text: | May 5, 1904 |
| Date of Text (Issued): | February 1, 1904 |
| Type of Text: | IP Laws: issued by the Executive |
| Subject Matter: | Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights), Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, Industrial Property, Other, Patents (Inventions) |
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| Spanish | Código Civil de la República de Nicaragua |
| WIPO Lex No.: | NI029 |
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The IV Title of II Book corresponds to Work, it refers to the products of work and industry; to authors works and inventors discoveries. Chapter II refers to Literary Property; Chapter III to the Dramatic Property; Chapter IV to Artistic Property; Chapter V to the Rules to declare the falsification; and Chapter VI to the penalties for counterfeiting.
Chapter VI refers to General Dispositions on Intellectual Property.
Article 831 establishes that to obtain the property of a work it is necessary to to resort to the Department of Promotion in order that it legally recognizes the right over it.
In force since: May 5, 1904 (Article 3984).